Like, really… what is it?
Should I do it?
What’s it going to do to me?
Will I die?
Will anybody see me when I’m doing it?
Why do you do it?
Can you teach me?
Can I watch you do yoga?
Can I not, actually, that’s weird?
Is that weird?
Is it hard to do?
Is it scary?
Do you die?
What do I wear?
Can I do it without one of those purple things?
What purple things?
Can I do it anywhere?
Is it expensive?
Can I do it for free?
Can you teach me for free?
Yoga?!?!?
I really want to try it. But I need these questions answered first.
Life Lessons from Somebody Else 
I was in this place once, too. I bought a yoga mat, I bought Rodney Yee’s video Yoga Burn, and I learned how to do yoga in my living room. That video is so good that I became a believer in yoga. I only just recently went to my first actual yoga class with my girlfriend because she had been to a million classes before. Not only did I feel like I totally knew what the instructor was talking about, but I felt totally prepared and I did better than a lot of the other people there. So, Yoga Burn. Seriously. You can get it, and the mat, at Target. <3
That’s a great tip. I don’t want to get stuck being the only person that doesn’t know what a “Downward Duck” or whatever the H is.
Went to a Yoga-thon thing (yeah, those are the best words I can come up with). I digress, apparently it was hot yoga & I had the wrong mat, I did not have a towel or a spray bottle. The beautiful yoga people in front of me were apparently on break from Cirque du Soleil (not at all intimidating). In the end, I did really like it but I would absolutely need a beginners class. (FYI…Thin yoga mat, not the thick one you think looks more comfortable)
Sounds TERRIFYING. Why the thin mat over the thick one?
You sweat like a pig & I am assuming it would be too heavy to carry out when you are done losing all of the water that was in your body when you arrived & landed on your thick mat. ;)
Ewwww! Awesome. Good advice.
Jesus you make me smile when nothing else does sometimes. Funny post.
Now re-read your list of questions and swap out the subject YOGA for something else-like paying the bills, or kissing, or dancing…super funny.
psssst…I’m a ‘pretend’ yoga’er. Meaning I use to do it but haven’t in at least 6mths, however I still have my yoga mat and yoga dvd’s/guide laying about for visitors to see. And when they ask me if I ‘do’ yoga, I say YES. Really.
Haha glad to make you smile! These questions were definitely representing a moment of panicked hesitancy, and can be applied to almost anything I’m anxious about. Which is a lot. Not quite sure why the idea of yoga intimidates me so much… Probably because I don’t have a mat. If I were to just go out and buy a mat, I’d feel better.
I have two mats-an orange one and a pink one. I ‘pretend’ use the orange one more.
Yoga! You won’t die, I suppose, but who knows for sure, really? Personally, I don’t want to die doing the downward facing mountain dog. Which is why I don’t do yoga. And that the mental picture of me trying to balance on a little mat while sweating my face off makes me laugh. Here’s a question for everyone else though:
if someone farts during yoga class, does everyone ignore it? Am I allowed to laugh if it was me? If it was someone else? What if I can’t stop laughing?
Because this would happen to me.
Hahahahaha. Okay. That is the one question I really should have asked. I regret it wholeheartedly.
If you’re a fast paced person like me then Yoga wouldn’t be suitable for you! Tried it several times before and didn’t enjoy it.
Aren’t fast paced people supposed to use it to unwind? I think you’re doing it wrong. ;)
Haha that’s true! But I can’t seem to get in the ‘zone’ for Yoga! It’s really slow…
Yoga is amazing! Start with some YouTube vids to build up your confidence, strength and flexibility before opting to go to a class.
That’s a good idea. Once I buy a mat… or, a “purple thing.”